Patents by Inventor Thierry Goossens
Thierry Goossens has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240014592Abstract: An electrical interconnection system with an adapter mounted in an opening within a connector interface of a panel of an electronic enclosure is described. A sealing member may be used to prevent passage of foreign matter, such as liquid, gas or dust particles into the enclosure and into the mating region between the adapter and a mating plug connector. The sealing member may comprise a base and a sidewall configured to wrap around an outer border of the adapter. The sealing member may be configured to form a first sealing interface with the panel, and a second sealing interface with the plug connector. The first and second sealing interfaces may be orthogonal to each other. The sealing member may be made of an elastic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: FCI USA LLCInventors: Koen Maddens, Thierry Goossens, Mithun Hormese Paul
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Patent number: 11749938Abstract: An electrical interconnection system with an adapter mounted in an opening within a connector interface of a panel of an electronic enclosure is described. A sealing member may be used to prevent passage of foreign matter, such as liquid, gas or dust particles into the enclosure and into the mating region between the adapter and a mating plug connector. The sealing member may comprise a base and a sidewall configured to wrap around an outer border of the adapter. The sealing member may be configured to form a first sealing interface with the panel, and a second sealing interface with the plug connector. The first and second sealing interfaces may be orthogonal to each other. The sealing member may be made of an elastic material.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: FCI USA LLCInventors: Koen Maddens, Thierry Goossens
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Publication number: 20220181811Abstract: A card edge connector with a locking system, which may include a locking member integrally formed with a connector housing. The locking member may deflect upon insertion of an edge of a board into the connector and spring back to engage an opening in the board. The locking member and the opening in the board may have perimeters that are rounded, allowing relative rotation about an axis through the opening even though the board is locked within the connector. Such a configuration may provide a simple and secure locking system. Such a configuration may support connecting two parallel boards, each with a card edge connector, through a riser board with opposite ends inserted into the two connectors. Relative rotation of the board with respect to the connectors enables skew, in a direction parallel to the surfaces of the parallel boards, while securing each of those boards to the riser board.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2021Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicant: Amphenol Commercial Products (Chengdu) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Bing Liu, Tao Zeng, Ronald Nico Adriaan Daamen, Thierry Goossens
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Publication number: 20210151929Abstract: An electrical interconnection system with an adapter mounted in an opening within a connector interface of a panel of an electronic enclosure is described. A sealing member may be used to prevent passage of foreign matter, such as liquid, gas or dust particles into the enclosure and into the mating region between the adapter and a mating plug connector. The sealing member may comprise a base and a sidewall configured to wrap around an outer border of the adapter. The sealing member may be configured to form a first sealing interface with the panel, and a second sealing interface with the plug connector. The first and second sealing interfaces may be orthogonal to each other. The sealing member may be made of an elastic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicant: FCI USA LLCInventors: Koen Maddens, Thierry Goossens
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Patent number: 10847927Abstract: An electrical interconnection system with an adapter mounted in an opening within a connector interface of a panel of an electronic enclosure is described. A sealing member may be used to prevent passage of foreign matter, such as liquid, gas or dust particles into the enclosure and into the mating region between the adapter and a mating plug connector. The sealing member may comprise a base and a sidewall configured to wrap around an outer border of the adapter. The sealing member may be configured to form a first sealing interface with the panel, and a second sealing interface with the plug connector. The first and second sealing interfaces may be orthogonal to each other. The sealing member may be made of an elastic material.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: FCI USA LLCInventors: Koen Maddens, Thierry Goossens
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Patent number: 10741945Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment, an electrical connector can be mounted to a first printed circuit board to obtain a first current capacity, and the electrical connector can be mounted to a second printed circuit board to obtain a second current capacity that is lower than the first current capacity.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2014Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: FCI USA LLCInventors: Thomas Brungard, Michael Percherke, Christopher J. Kolivoski, Christopher S. Gieski, Nazareth Eppley, Charles Copper, Thierry Goossens
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Patent number: 10559914Abstract: A connector assembly (1) comprises an outer housing (300); and a latch (330), which is carried by the outer housing (300), to allow a coupling of the connector assembly to a corresponding counter connector. Further, the outer housing (300) is configured to receive at least one of two different types of cables (100) through a first end and at least one of two different module mating interfaces (430, 432, 434) at a second end. In another embodiment the outer housing (300) is arranged movable on an inner housing (200), and the latch (330) is rotatably arranged on the outer housing (300).Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2015Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: FCI USA LLCInventors: Thierry Goossens, Kai Peters, Henricus E. g. Derks, Roland Tristan De Blieck
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Publication number: 20190109408Abstract: An electrical interconnection system with an adapter mounted in an opening within a connector interface of a panel of an electronic enclosure is described. A sealing member may be used to prevent passage of foreign matter, such as liquid, gas or dust particles into the enclosure and into the mating region between the adapter and a mating plug connector. The sealing member may comprise a base and a sidewall configured to wrap around an outer border of the adapter. The sealing member may be configured to form a first sealing interface with the panel, and a second sealing interface with the plug connector. The first and second sealing interfaces may be orthogonal to each other. The sealing member may be made of an elastic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2018Publication date: April 11, 2019Applicant: FCI USA LLCInventors: Koen Maddens, Thierry Goossens
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Publication number: 20170170596Abstract: A connector assembly (1) comprises an outer housing (300); and a latch (330), which is carried by the outer housing (300), to allow a coupling of the connector assembly to a corresponding counter connector. Further, the outer housing (300) is configured to receive at least one of two different types of cables (100) through a first end and at least one of two different module mating interfaces (430, 432, 434) at a second end. In another embodiment the outer housing (300) is arranged movable on an inner housing (200), and the latch (330) is rotatably arranged on the outer housing (300).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2015Publication date: June 15, 2017Applicant: FCI Americas Technology LLCInventors: Thierry Goossens, Kai Peters, Henricus E.G. Derks, Roland Tristan De Blieck
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Patent number: 9385500Abstract: An electrical connector can be configured to mate with at least one complementary electrical connector. The electrical connector includes a dielectric connector housing including a housing body that defines a mounting interface configured to be mounted onto a substrate and a mating interface configured to receive at least one complementary electrical connector along a mating direction. A plurality of electrical contacts are supported by the connector housing and spaced apart from each other along a lateral direction that is substantially perpendicular to the mating direction. The electrical contacts include 1) a mating portion that is configured to mate with a complementary electrical contact of the complementary electrical connector, and 2) a mounting portion configured to electrically connect to the substrate. The electrical connector can further include at least one electrically insulative fin supported by the housing body.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2014Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: FCI ASIA PTE. LTD.Inventor: Thierry Goossens
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Patent number: 9368916Abstract: An electrical connector module including a housing and an array of electrical contacts within the housing. The electrical contacts include a plurality of signal conductors and a plurality of ground conductors. Ground coupling bars are used with at least two contact portions for contacting ground conductors. The connector includes slots enabling insertion of the ground coupling bar in a longitudinal direction of the ground coupling bar.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2012Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: FCI Asia PTE, Ltd.Inventors: Winnie Heyvaert, Ludwig Lange, Thierry Goossens, Jeroen De Bruijn
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Patent number: 9312640Abstract: An assembly is disclosed herein, including a connector and a carrier for carrying the connector. The connector includes a plurality of terminals having terminal contacts, a first shield at least partially surrounding at least one first terminal and having a first shield contact and a second shield at least partially surrounding at least one second terminal and having a second shield contact. The carrier includes a plurality of signal conductors, e.g. being a circuit board or a connector body. The carrier also includes a plurality of, advantageously substantially identical, contact sites. The terminal contacts are contacted to a number of the contact sites of the carrier, and the first and second shield contacts are arranged adjacent each other so that they together fit and are contacted to one contact site of the carrier.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2011Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: FCIInventors: Ludwig Lange, Winnie Heyvaert, Thierry Goossens, Robert Van Den Heuvel
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Publication number: 20150056868Abstract: An electrical connector can be configured to mate with at least one complementary electrical connector. The electrical connector includes a dielectric connector housing including a housing body that defines a mounting interface configured to be mounted onto a substrate and a mating interface configured to receive at least one complementary electrical connector along a mating direction. A plurality of electrical contacts are supported by the connector housing and spaced apart from each other along a lateral direction that is substantially perpendicular to the mating direction. The electrical contacts include 1) a mating portion that is configured to mate with a complementary electrical contact of the complementary electrical connector, and 2) a mounting portion configured to electrically connect to the substrate. The electrical connector can further include at least one electrically insulative fin supported by the housing body.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventor: Thierry Goossens
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Publication number: 20150056833Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment, an electrical connector can be mounted to a first printed circuit board to obtain a first current capacity, and the electrical connector can be mounted to a second printed circuit board to obtain a second current capacity that is lower than the first current capacity.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventors: Thomas Brungard, Michael Percherke, Christopher J. Kolivoski, Christopher S. Gieski, Nazareth Eppley, Charles Copper, Thierry Goossens
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Patent number: 8926359Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes an electrical connector and a module. The electrical connector includes a connector housing and a first plurality of electrical terminals supported by the connector housing. The module includes a module housing and a second plurality of electrical terminals supported by the module housing. The second plurality of electrical terminals is greater in number than the first plurality of electrical terminals, such that a first select number of the second plurality of electrical terminals is configured to mate with the first plurality of electrical terminals, and a second select number of the second plurality of electrical terminals is configured to mate with an auxiliary electrical component.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2011Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: FCIInventors: Jeroen de Bruijn, Thierry Goossens, Johannes Maria Blasius van Woensel
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Patent number: 8851926Abstract: An electrical connector includes a first contact module and a second contact module adjacent the first contact module. Each contact module has a plurality of ground and signal contacts. Each ground contact and signal contact includes a mating portion, a mounting portion, and an intermediate portion extending between the mating portion and the mounting portion. In each contact module, the intermediate portions of the ground contacts are disposed in a first common plane and the intermediate portions of the signal contacts are disposed in a second common plane that is spaced from the first common plane. The first contact modules and the second contact modules are arranged such that two adjacent signal contacts of the first and second contact modules, respectively, define a differential signal pair such that the intermediate portions of the adjacent signal contacts are spaced more closely than the intermediate portions of two adjacent ground contacts of the first and second contact modules, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2010Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: FCIInventors: Ludwig Lange, Paul Potters, Thierry Goossens, Winnie Heyvaert
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Publication number: 20140127919Abstract: An electrical connector module including a housing and an array of electrical contacts within the housing. The electrical contacts include a plurality of signal conductors and a plurality of ground conductors. Ground coupling bars are used with at least two contact portions for contacting ground conductors. The connector includes slots enabling insertion of the ground coupling bar in a longitudinal direction of the ground coupling bar.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2012Publication date: May 8, 2014Inventors: Winnie Heyvaert, Ludwig Lange, Thierry Goossens, Jeroen De Bruijn
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Patent number: 8672704Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment, an electrical connector includes a connector housing, and at least one electrical terminal supported by the connector housing. The electrical terminal defines a mating portion and a mounting portion, the mounting portion carrying a crimp member having crimp teeth configured to pierce through a flex cable when crimped so as to mount the flat flex cable to the mounting portion of the electrical terminal.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2011Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: FCIInventors: Jeroen de Bruijn, Thierry Goossens, Johannes Maria Blasius van Woensel
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Publication number: 20140057492Abstract: An assembly is disclosed herein, including a connector and a carrier for carrying the connector. The connector includes a plurality of terminals having terminal contacts, a first shield at least partially surrounding at least one first terminal and having a first shield contact and a second shield at least partially surrounding at least one second terminal and having a second shield contact. The carrier includes a plurality of signal conductors, e.g. being a circuit board or a connector body. The carrier also includes a plurality of, advantageously substantially identical, contact sites. The terminal contacts are contacted to a number of the contact sites of the carrier, and the first and second shield contacts are arranged adjacent each other so that they together fit and are contacted to one contact site of the carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2011Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: FCIInventors: Ludwig Lange, Winnie Heyvaert, Thierry Goossens, Robert Van Den Heuvel
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Patent number: D697871Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2012Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: FCIInventors: Jeroen de Bruijn, Thierry Goossens, Johannes Maria Blasius van Woensel